Investment Securities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

	September 30, 2014								December 31, 2013
			Gross		Gross						Gross		Gross
	Amortized		unrealized		unrealized		Estimated		Amortized		unrealized		unrealized		Estimated
(In millions)	cost		gains		losses		fair value		cost		gains		losses		fair value

GE
Debt
U.S. corporate	$	5	$	2	$	-	$	7	$	21	$	14	$	-	$	35
Corporate – non-U.S.		14		-		-		14		13		-		(1)		12
Equity
Available-for-sale		305		4		(131)		178		302		9		(41)		270
Trading		119		-		-		119		6		-		-		6
		443		6		(131)		318		342		23		(42)		323

GECC
Debt
U.S. corporate		20,000		3,524		(99)		23,425		19,600		2,323		(217)		21,706
State and municipal		5,176		517		(89)		5,604		4,245		235		(191)		4,289
Residential mortgage-backed(a)		1,698		155		(25)		1,828		1,819		139		(48)		1,910
Commercial mortgage-backed		2,993		181		(40)		3,134		2,929		188		(82)		3,035
Asset-backed		7,767		12		(119)		7,660		7,373		60		(46)		7,387
Corporate – non-U.S.		1,569		175		(44)		1,700		1,741		103		(86)		1,758
Government – non-U.S.		2,250		129		(2)		2,377		2,336		81		(7)		2,410
U.S. government and federal
agency		579		53		-		632		752		45		(27)		770
Retained interests		25		2		-		27		64		8		-		72
Equity
Available-for-sale		251		51		(10)		292		203		51		(3)		251
Trading		22		-		-		22		74		-		-		74
		42,330		4,799		(428)		46,701		41,136		3,233		(707)		43,662

Eliminations		(3)		-		-		(3)		(4)		-		-		(4)
Total	$	42,770	$	4,805	$	(559)	$	47,016	$	41,474	$	3,256	$	(749)	$	43,981

(a) Substantially collateralized by U.S. mortgages. At September 30, 2014, $1,218 million related to securities issued by government-sponsored entities and $610 million related to securities of private-label issuers. Securities issued by private-label issuers are collateralized primarily by pools of individual direct mortgage loans of financial institutions

Schedule of investments, by type and length in continuous loss position

Estimated Fair Value and Gross Unrealized Losses of Available-for-Sale Investment Securities

	In loss position for
	Less than 12 months				12 months or more
			Gross				Gross
	Estimated		unrealized		Estimated		unrealized
(In millions)	fair value(a)		losses(a)(b)		fair value		losses(b)

September 30, 2014
Debt
U.S. corporate	$	647	$	(8)	$	1,433	$	(91)
State and municipal		134		(2)		649		(87)
Residential mortgage-backed		96		(1)		436		(24)
Commercial mortgage-backed		126		(1)		853		(39)
Asset-backed		7,172		(86)		274		(33)
Corporate – non-U.S.		29		-		317		(44)
Government – non-U.S.		880		(2)		2		-
U.S. government and federal agency		-		-		7		-
Retained interests		-		-		-		-
Equity		235		(141)		-		-
Total	$	9,319	$	(241)	$	3,971	$	(318)	(c)

December 31, 2013
Debt
U.S. corporate	$	2,170	$	(122)	$	598	$	(95)
State and municipal		1,076		(82)		367		(109)
Residential mortgage-backed		232		(11)		430		(37)
Commercial mortgage-backed		396		(24)		780		(58)
Asset-backed		112		(2)		359		(44)
Corporate – non-U.S.		108		(4)		454		(83)
Government – non-U.S.		1,479		(6)		42		(1)
U.S. government and federal agency		229		(27)		254		-
Retained interests		2		-		-		-
Equity		253		(44)		-		-
Total	$	6,057	$	(322)	$	3,284	$	(427)

(a) Includes the estimated fair value of and gross unrealized losses on Corporate-non-U.S. and Equity securities held by GE. At September 30, 2014, the estimated fair value of and gross unrealized losses on Equity securities were $149 million and $(131) million, respectively. At December 31, 2013, the estimated fair value of and gross unrealized losses on Corporate-non-U.S. securities were $12 million and $(1) million, respectively. The estimated fair value of and gross unrealized losses on Equity securities were $222 million and $(41) million, respectively.

(b) Included gross unrealized losses related to securities that had other-than-temporary impairments previously recognized of $(55) million at September 30, 2014.

(c) The majority relate to debt securities held to support obligations to holders of GICs and more than 70% are debt securities that were considered to be investment-grade by the major rating agencies at September 30, 2014.

Pre Tax Other Than Temporary Impairments On Investment Securities [TableTextBlock]

Pre-tax, Other-Than-Temporary Impairments on Investment Securities

	Three months ended September 30				Nine months ended September 30
(In millions)	2014		2013		2014		2013

Total pre-tax, OTTI recognized	$	5	$	62	$	52	$	523
Less pre-tax, OTTI recognized in AOCI		-		(6)		(4)		(36)
Pre-tax, OTTI recognized in earnings(a)	$	5	$	56	$	48	$	487

(a) Included pre-tax, other-than-temporary impairments recorded in earnings related to equity securities of an insignificant amount and $13 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $3 million and $14 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively

Other than Temporary Impairment, Credit Losses Recognized in Earnings [Table Text Block]

Changes in Cumulative Credit Loss Impairments Recognized on Debt Securities Still Held

	Three months ended September 30				Nine months ended September 30
(In millions)	2014		2013		2014		2013

Cumulative credit loss impairments recognized,
beginning of period	$	1,171	$	945	$	1,193	$	588
Credit loss impairments recognized on securities
not previously impaired		2		-		3		385
Incremental credit loss impairments recognized
on securities previously impaired		3		42		34		61
Less credit loss impairments previously
recognized on securities sold during the period		6		52		60		99
Cumulative credit loss impairments recognized,
end of period	$	1,170	$	935	$	1,170	$	935

Schedule of contractual maturities

Contractual Maturities of Investment in Available-for-Sale Debt Securities
(Excluding Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities)

	Amortized		Estimated
(In millions)	cost		fair value

Due
Within one year	$	1,850	$	1,857
After one year through five years		3,807		4,150
After five years through ten years		5,294		5,626
After ten years		18,642		22,126

Supplemental gross realized gains losses on available-for-sale investment securities

Gross Realized Gains and Losses on Available-for-Sale Investment Securities

	Three months ended September 30				Nine months ended September 30
(In millions)	2014		2013		2014		2013

GE
Gains	$	-	$	-	$	2	$	1
Losses, including impairments		-		-		-		(20)
Net		-		-		2		(19)

GECC
Gains		42		34		104		219
Losses, including impairments		(8)		(60)		(53)		(477)
Net		34		(26)		51		(258)
Total	$	34	$	(26)	$	53	$	(277)

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the amount of other than temporary impairment (OTTI) related to credit losses recognized in earnings including: (a) the beginning balance of the amount related to credit losses on debt securities held by the investor at the beginning of the period for which a portion of an OTTI was recognized in other comprehensive income; (b) additions for the amount related to the credit loss for which an OTTI was not previously recognized; (c) reductions for securities sold during the period (realized); (d) reductions for securities for which the amount previously recognized in other comprehensive income was recognized in earnings because the investor intends to sell the security or more likely than not will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis; (e) additional increases to the amount related to the credit loss for which an OTTI was previously recognized when the investor does not intend to sell the security and it is not more likely than not that the investor will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis; (f) reductions for increases in cash flows expected to be collected that are recognized over the remaining life of the security; and (g) the ending balance of the amount related to credit losses on debt securities held by the entity at the end of the period for which a portion of an OTTI was recognized in other comprehensive income.

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